The Future of United States, China, and Taiwan Relations

by Lin, Cheng-yi; Roy, Denny; Krasner, Stephen D.

• ISBN13: 9780230112780
• ISBN10: 0230112781
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-04-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The rise of China as a great power in East Asia, the return of the Kuomintang (Nationalist Party) as the ruling political party in Taiwan, and new pressures on America's traditionally dominant position in the region create a crossroads in the relations between the United States, China and Taiwan. This timely book examines the background, current issues, and future possibilities for this triangular relationship, in which geostrategic interests grapple with the ideological battle between democracy and authoritarianism, the question of sovereignty over Taiwan, and Taiwan's own contested identity. At stake is not only Taiwan's destiny but also US-China relations.

Author Biography

Cheng yi Lin is a Research Fellow at the Institute of European and Americans Studies at Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan. He is the co-editor of Rise of China Beijing's Strategies and Implications for the Asia-Pacific (2009) and the author of articles that have appeared in journals such as Asian Survey, China Quarterly, and Issues and Studies Denny Roy is a Senior Fellow at the East West Center in Honolulu He is the author of The Pacific War and its Political Legacies (2009); Taiwan A Political History (2003); and China's Foreign Relations (1998)

Table of Contents

Foreword--Stephen Krasner * Taiwan’s Political Development and US-China Relations--Jean-Pierre Cabestan * The “ASL” as the “Anti-TRA”:  The Impact of China’s Anti-Secession Law on U.S. Relations with Taiwan--John J. Tkacik, Jr. * The TRA, Cross-Strait Relations, and Sino-U.S Relations: Searching for Cross-Strait Stability--Richard W. Hu * A Status Quo with Different Interpretations: Taiwan, China, the US and Security in the Taiwan Strait--Cheng-yi Lin * Lobbying for a “US-Taiwan FTA” in the US Congress: Which “Fast track”? What Target?--David W. F. Huang * Taiwan’s Participation in the World Health Organization: The U.S. “Facilitator” Role--Jaw-ling Joanne Chang * The US as a Balancer in Cross-Strait Relations, 2000-2008--Jaushieh Joseph Wu * The U.S.-China-Taiwan Relationship: New Circumstances, Persistent Challenges--Denny Roy * Japan’s Perspective of US-China-Taiwan Relations--Yoshi Nakai * U.S. Debates about Taiwan’s  Security, 1979-2009--Michael Pillsbury * Appendix: Taiwan and the TRA: Past, Present and Future--Stephen Young